Media Applaud Pampers’ Heartwarming Ad Celebrating Unborn Babies

mike.ciandella — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 20:15:00 +0000

Pampers releases ad of babies’ and parents’ ‘firsts.’

Katie Yoder

While the upcoming Superbowl ads count on puppies and scantily clad women for views, Pampers is counting on something infinitely more precious: babies – both born and unborn.

— Katie Yoder is Staff Writer, Joe and Betty Anderlik Fellow in Culture and Media at the Media Research Center. Follow Katie Yoder on Twitter.

'Today' Hosts Mock ObamaCare Ads That 'A Lot of People Are Offended By'

kyle.drennen — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 20:02:28 +0000

Kyle Drennen

Early in the 9 a.m. ET hour on Wednesday's NBC Today, co-hosts Willie Geist, Natalie Morales, and Al Roker mocked a series of new ads designed to promote ObamaCare, even with Geist reading one of them while doing his best impression of Anchorman's Ron Burgundy: "Let's get physical. OMG, he's hot. Let's hope he's as easy to get as this birth control.

— Kyle Drennen is Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Kyle Drennen on Twitter.

New York Times' Peters Singles Out GOP Ads (Willie Horton, Swift Boat Vets) as 'Dirty Politics'

clay.waters — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:25:58 +0000

Clay Waters

New York Times media reporter Jeremy Peters singled out Republican campaign ads as uniquely "synonymous with dirty politics" in Tuesday's "Conservative ‘Super PACs’ Sharpen Their Synchronized On-Air Message."

NBC 'Reality Check': 'Effective' Obama Ad Paints Romney as 'Mr. Burns' and 'Evil Don Draper'

kyle.drennen — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:07:11 +0000

Kyle Drennen

In what co-host Matt Lauer billed as a campaign ad "reality check" on Tuesday's NBC Today, a Romney ad criticizing the Obama administration for gutting Welfare reform was dismissed as ineffective, "too complicated" and "Pants on Fire" false. Meanwhile, an Obama ad slamming Romney over taxes was praised for making Romney look like a cross between wealthy Simpson's villain "Mr.

NBC Still Ingores Romney-Killed-My-Wife Ad, But Finds Time for Obama's Socks

kyle.drennen — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:33:12 +0000

Kyle Drennen

The Top 10 Economic Myths of 2010

admin — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:28:00 +0000

Julia A. Seymour

Each year the Business & Media Institute looks back on the year's news and selects the top 10 worst economic myths. Here is our 2010 list:

10. GM Repayment Shows Taxpayer Bailout Worked

9. All the Economy Needs is More Stimulus

8. Soda is Like Cocaine and Ads Cause Obesity

7. Obama the Tax Cutter

6. The Tea Parties are Astroturf, but Green Groups Aren't.

5. Despite Largest Budget in History, Obama is Fiscally Conservative

4. Lack of Press Freedom in Gulf Doesn't Point to Obama

Media Expand Left-Wing Attack on Chamber of Commerce over 'Foreign' Contributions

admin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:28:00 +0000

Julia A. Seymour

Liberals are so angry that conservatives are outspending them this election cycle, the president, MSNBC and left-wing bloggers have resorted to attacks on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

BP spends $455,000 on ads in Washington Post Just in June

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:06:59 +0000

Kyle Gillis

The Washington Post and BP may seem like the oddest couple since Felix and Oscar, but they’ve been spending a lot of time — and money — together.

Blue Tube

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:10:00 +0000

CMI Staff

It's every parent's nightmare. A child hops on the computer for homework or to innocently play a game. But even a short time online can expose that child to an amazing array of obscenity, provocative material and links to porn on one of the world's most popular Internet sites - YouTube.

'Glenn Beck' Sponsors Attacked by Left, Pull Ads from Fox News Show

admin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:44:01 +0000

Jeff Poor

Have a handful of left-wing advocacy groups been able to hurt Fox News’ “Glenn Beck” program by pressuring their advertisers to drop their ads?

Online left-wing news sources are claiming victory after several advertisers – Sargento, GEICO, Lawyers.com, Progressive Insurance, Procter & Gamble, and SC Johnson – have decided to move their spots to other Fox News programming from Beck’s program. However according to Fox News, it’s not costing the network any revenue.

A Commercial for Adultery?

admin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:04:50 +0000

Everyone who enjoys NFL football games knows they're going to be sitting through an avalanche of those awkward ads for erectile-dysfunction drugs, and ads soaked in sex and violence selling new movies or prime-time TV shows. Despite this barrage, the NFL has managed to show some standards, believe it or not.

L. Brent Bozell III

Times Accuses Group of Anti-Obama "Lies" on Abortion - But They're Right

admin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:55:00 +0000

The Times throws out the L-word against a group that wants to air a commercial accusing Obama of being a proponent of abortion on demand. But Obama has pledged to sign the Freedom of Choice Act, which would end restrictions on partial-birth abortion and eliminate parental-involvement laws.

Clay Waters

The Times approves of a squelching of anti-Obama political speech in a SundayEditorial, "Right to Smear."

Times Mimics Post in Bashing of McCain's Ad Linking Obama to Franklin Raines

admin — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:31:00 +0000

Julie Bosman says a McCain claim linking Obama to former Fannie Mae Executive Director Frankling Raines "is totally unsupported by the facts." Her takes rehashes a previous story by the Washington Post's Michael Dobbs, down to a cliche about "whole cloth" and a similar factual error.

Clay Waters

Saturday's "Ad Campaign" fact-check by Julie Bosman, "McCain Tries to Link Obama to Financial Crisis," dealt with a new McCain ad hitting backat Obama over the financial crisis by linking him to former Fannie Mae Chief Executive Franklin Raines.

"Objective Sources" Like WP, NYT Say McCain Ads "Over the Top & Unfair"

admin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:09:00 +0000

With the U.S. succeeding in Iraq, the Times abruptly decides the war is no longer important to voters. Adam Nagourney: "Don't you think that people are thinking about different things right now?" Larry Rohter replied: "When the value of your house is going down and you can't afford to drive to the mall."

Clay Waters

Times reporter Sam Roberts hosted the July 31 edition of "Political Points," the New York Times' political podcast, a roundtable discussion about the 2008 presidential race featuring chief political reporter Adam Nagourney and reporters Michael Luo, Larry Rohter, and Mary Ann Giordano.

NYT Calls McCain Ad Racist, McCain Camp Likens Editors to Kos Kids

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:02:00 +0000

Give me a break: "The ad gave us an uneasy feeling that the McCain campaign was starting up the same sort of racially tinged attack on Mr. Obama that Republican operatives ran against Harold Ford, a black candidate for Senate in Tennessee in 2006. That assault, too, began with videos juxtaposing Mr. Ford with young, white women."

Clay Waters

The back and forth of racial accusations between the Obama and McCain camps made Friday's front page in "McCain Camp Says Obama Plays 'Race Card,'" by Michael Cooper and Michael Powell, who bizarrely suggested that it was the GOP, not Obamathat has injected race